Summary of the sanfermin

Sanfermin has a thousand stories, so many that it is difficult to select and summarize in a five-minute report or four columns exactly what Sanfermin consists of and what these fiestas signify. The best thing is for each person to make up their own mind in a selection, but here are some directions on what shouldn't be missed about Sanfermin.

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Running of the bulls. This is the best-known and most important event in Sanfermines. Any description of the Sanfermin fiestas should start here. But, in fact, the images are so powerful that not much more explaining is needed.

Txupinazo. This is the perfect enactment of what the fiestas are about. No audio-visual media should lack images of the start of the Sanfermines. The explosion of joy and glee concentrated in a single moment (12.00 midday) make this moment unique. Partying. It is important to transmit the partying to all readers, listeners or television viewers - both day and night - that is to be found in Sanfermin. the fiestas are, above all, a fun event and this can be appreciated in the streets at any hour of the day or night.

The City. Sanfermin is a fiesta that is indissolubly linked to Iruñea/Pamplona, a relatively small city, attractive and totally transformed during the fiestas. It is astonishing to think that during the nine days of the fiestas its population triples or quadruples in size. The Guiri or Foreigner Both for those who come from abroad and for those who are locals, the figure of the "Guiri" must always occupy a place of privilege in any summary of Sanfermin. Hated by some and loved by others, there is no doubt that the foreign visitor has had a decisive influence on the Sanfermin fiestas.

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